You may borrow from us if you are:

• A registered Western Michigan University student with a Bronco Card
• A WMU faculty or staff member, or retiree with a Bronco Card
• A WMU doctoral program graduate with a Lifetime Borrower's Card
• A guest borrower

Borrowing periods

Item type	Undergraduate	Graduate and Graduate assistant	Faculty and Staff Emeritus and Retiree	Guest Borrower
Books, Government documents, Music scores, Music CDs and LPs	28 days	1 semester	1 semester	14 days
Dwight B. Waldo Children's books	28 days	28 days	28 days	14 days
Reserve items	2 hours - 7 days	2 hours - 7 days	2 hours - 7 days	2 hours - 7 days Permanent Reserves only
Dwight B. Waldo Instructional Videos	7 days	7 days	7 days	Not available for use
Harper C. Maybee Music Library Videos, Slides, Images on CD-ROM	7 days	14 days	14 days	Library use only

 Number of items you can borrow

WMU students, faculty and staff	Guest borrowers
100 items	10 items

Renewing items

Renew online under My Account (choose WMU Library Catalog) or My Library Account in the catalog

• Review results to make sure renewal was successful
• You may renew twice online
• If you have trouble renewing, call (269) 387-5154.
• Or bring items in to one of the library circulation counters

Recall

• Library users may recall items you have checked out
• You will get an e-mail notification to return the item
• You are guaranteed use of the material for at least 14 days
• You must return the item by the new recall due date or be fined for each day overdue

Returning items

All items can be returned to one of the following locations:

• Dwight B. Waldo Library - Two convenient locations: 1. Outside book return drop box outside front doors of library front entrance. 2. Outside book return drop box, at curb side, on Arcadia Street side of building.
• Gary and Rita Swain Education Library - Two convenient locations: 1. New book return drop slot inside the Education Library front door, near Education Library circulation desk and to left of desk. 2. Outside book return drop box, at curb side, in cul-de-sac at Sangren Hall north entrance. Pick up Monday through Friday 10:30 a.m.
• Engineering Campus (Parkview) - Drop box on first floor, near front entrance and Lecture Hall D-115. Pick up Monday through Friday 9:15 a.m.
• College of Health and Human Services Campus - Drop box on first floor near the Learning Resource Center. Pick up Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m.
• Haworth College of Business - Drop box on first floor, by entrance closest to the Fetzer Center. Pick up Monday through Friday 10 a.m.

Library materials must be returned complete with all parts, discs, booklets, and other accompanying material. You will be charged full replacement charges for items returned without all accompanying material.

Overdue fines

Item type	Overdue	Recalled	NOTE
Books, music scores, CDs, LPs	$.25 per day up to $10 per item	$1 per day up to $15 per item	Faculty, staff and grad assistants are fined only for overdue recalled items
Videos	$.20 per hour or $4.80 per day *		Video fines apply to all borrowers*
Interlibrary loan items	$1 per day		$10 fee for each ILL item ordered, but not picked up

* Maximum Video fines are $10 per item for undergraduate students and graduate students.
Maximum Video fines are $35 per item for faculty, staff and graduate assistants.
Video borrowing privileges will be suspended when maximum video or other fines or fees are reached.

Replacement charges and processing fees

Replacement charges and processing fees apply to all borrowers.

Item type	Considered lost	Replacement charge	Non refundable processing fee
Books and scores	45 days or more overdue	$75 per item, or actual replacement cost if higher	$15
Dwight B. Waldo videos	10 days or more overdue	$75 per item, or actual replacement cost if higher *	$15
Harper C. Maybee Music and Dance Library CDs, LPs, DVDs, videos	45 days or more overdue	$35 per item, or actual replacement cost if higher	$15

* Replacement costs for Instructional videos may be in excess of $1,200.
These charges may also apply to any damaged items.
If a lost item is returned within six months of the billing date the replacement charge will be refunded, but not the processing fee.

Making payments

• All library fines and fees, including interlibrary loan fees, may be paid on the 2nd Floor of Dwight B. Waldo Library at the Copy Center (library map)
• Pay with cash or with check payable to "Western Michigan University" only
• Or mail payment to: Copy Center, Dwight B. Waldo Library, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5353
• Copy Center is open the same hours as Dwight B. Waldo Library
• Call (269) 387-5154 with questions regarding payment

Borrowing privileges will be suspended:

For undergraduate and graduate students and guest borrowers if you:

• Owe $10 or more in fines and/or fees, or
• Have ten or more items 45 days or more overdue, or
• Have one or more recalled items overdue

For faculty, staff, graduate assistants if you:

• Owe $100 or more in fines and/or fees, or
• Have ten or more items 45 days or more overdue, or
• Have one or more recalled items overdue
• Video borrowing privileges will be suspended when maximum video or other fines or fees are reached.

Borrowing at one of the regional locations

If you are a student at one of the regional locations of WMU, you may request items to be sent to you through Document Delivery

Borrowing from other libraries

WMU library users with a Bronco Card may borrow from other libraries through MeLCat or Interlibrary Loan.

Guest borrowers

You can get a one year guest borrower's card if you:

• Live within a 50-mile radius of Western Michigan University, and
• Are at least 18 years of age, and
• Present a photo identification with an address and proof of Social Security number

A guest borrower may borrow up to 10 items excluding class reserve items, audio and video formats, slides, or image CD-ROMs. See loan periods above.

Reciprocal faculty borrowing program

A group of over 190 research libraries have developed an agreement to extend library privileges to faculty members of other research universities. Privileges vary from institution to institution. Faculty members intending to visit a participating library should request a Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program card from the Central Reference Desk, first floor, Dwight B. Waldo Library.  See the list of participating institutions.

Western Michigan University doctoral program alumni

Western Michigan University doctoral program alumni are granted lifetime borrowing privileges. You must present the Lifetime Borrower's Card issued upon graduation and you will receive a 28 day loan period.